Archive for November, 2007
Flying Tiger: Greenough 4A
*Classic*
The P-40 Flying Tiger silhouete on the Greenough 4A is *the* distinctive fin graphic in our book. We couldn’t pass up on the oportunity to shoot this fine foil on top of this vintage poster.
In a nutshell, the story of COL Chenault and the Flying Tigers is that he turned a marginal WWII fighter in to the dominant force in the skies over China by developing tactics that played to the strengths of the aircraft (diving speed) and his unit (team work).
Although this fin performs better amongst fins than the P-40 Warhawk did amongst WWII aircraft, the story of the success of the Flying Tigers is a good metaphore to remember. You can defeat performance equipment by taking advantage of what your gear excells at.
Much like the Warhawk, the 4A excells at diving… wait, that would be “driving”… down the line. Unlike the P-40 however, the 4A also provides some zip out of turns with that narrow, flexible fin tip.
Use shorter versions of the 4A in your 2+1 set up board or alone in a short singlefin shape. Use the longer versions of the 4A in disc shapes of all sizes and singlefin longboards.
No commentsRS1-RS2 Lokbox Quadfin Combo
Like the R5-R8 quad combo, the RS1-RS2 is another of the more recent quadfin offerings from Rainbow Fin Co. for the Lokbox fin system.
The RS1 has a full bodied 4.5″ leading fin much like the LB4 (so fuller than the R5) but has a trailing fin that is smaller than either the LB1 or the R8. The RS2 is only 3.75″ high, a whole .5″ shorter than either of those.
These are just a few situations where these fins would work well:
-On boards that have their fin boxes further back.
-On shapes with more pulled in tails.
-For riders that want to loosen up a board that use a fin set with a larger rear fin like the LB4-LB1 or the R5-R8.
Below you can compare the size and rake of the RS1 and RS2 (RS2 on top of RS1):
We currently have the RS1-RS2 Quadfin set available in the following…
No commentsSide Bites
3.5″ Sidebites for Lokbox. Use in your 2+1 set up or loosen up a quadfin by swaping the rear fins for these.